Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-01-26

Carolina, last Sunday morning, destroyed
hotel, tobacco warehouse and fourteen
stores. .'..""General Charles 2. Stone, the
American General who in recent years rem
dered conspicuous service in the Egyptian
army, is dead. 1.-THE Tennessee Legis-
lature, now in session, has already charter
ed twelve new railroad companies. 1.-The
January thaw has produced remarkable
floods and ice gorges in Schuylkill river,
near Reading, Pennsylvania, and at other
points. .''''.''"Cheering news has come from
California. The early sown grain is looking
we'll, and the late sown crops will rapidly
improve. Reports from every section in
the State indicate largely improved grain
prospects and satisfied 4ry outlook: :"'Po-
liceman Jones, of Atlanta, who last sum-
mer shot a lawyer of that city in an alter
cation over some cows belonging to Gray,
which the policeman was in the act OF i'm
pounding, was tried and on Monday last
the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
A SENSATION AT KINGS MoUNTAIN.-A
Raleigh, n. c., dispatch of the 18th says:
Last month Mr.. w. A. Mauney, the leading
merchant of Kings Mountain and rick
widower, whose first wife died ten months
ago, was married at Grover, a town just oyer
the South Carolina line, to Miss Comic Hoke,
H. X. Roberts, Notary Public, performing
the ceremony. The marriage was kept Sc
cret. Miss Hoke's own brother and the chill
dren of the groom did not know anything of
the marriage. A Mrs. Emma Coolidge, who
had obtained an unenviable reputation in
the courts and in society, and who is of no
kin either to bride or groom, appears to
have been much mixed up in the clandestlne
marriage. A few days after the marriage
the bride and Mrs. Coolidge left Kings
Mountain and went to Philadelphia and
were the guests in that city of the rich
brother-in-la of Mrs. Coolidge. A few
days after arriving in Philadelphia Mr..
Mauney received a telegram saying that
his wife was dangerously ill of pneumonia:
He fastened North and when he reached
Philadelphia he found his bride cold in
death: Last week the dead bride was
brought home and sleeps in the cemetery at
Kings Mountain. Rumors of foul play ii
connection with this case are rife. 1t is
said that the body of Mrs. Mauney will be
eXhumed and post mOrteno examination
will be had for the purpose of ascertainlng
if there was foul play in Philadelphia.
Nothing has so excited the people of the
vicinity of Grover and Kings Mountain in
many years.
The story to which the above is sequel,
was published as follows by the Shelby Ne'0
Era, of the 18th instant:
A romantic and very sad affair is the top
ic of conversation at Kings Mountain. Mr..
w. A. Mauney, a wealthy WidoWer, OF that
place, has been paying attention to Miss
place. Neither of the respective families
favored a marriage between the couple:
About three weeks ago Mr.. Mauney and
Miss Hoke drove to Grover where they
| were married by Justice Roberts. The next
day in company with Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs.
Mauney left eOr visit to Philadelphia.
While there she caught cold which soon
turned into pneumonia. Mr.. Mauney was
telegraphed for and started atonce, arriving
wife's DEATH The body was brought back
to Kings Mountain and inferred in the
cemetery at that place. The news OF the,
marriage was quite surprise to the maq3
friends of both Mr.. and Mrs. Mauneyk
Much sympathy is expressed with Mr..
Maupey in his sad bereavement.
\SoLD HIS FAMILY FOR s9O.-The village
of Nanticoke, Pa, has queer sensatlonnu
John Wayrich, a miner and proprietq
of a boarding house, disposed of his wife1
and four children to one of his boarders
named Charles Mawrer, for the sum of $50.
Wayrich was of very quarrelsome dlspo-
sition. and husband and wife were frequent
ly on the outs. When the terms of sale
were first drawn up Wayrich wanted 5000
for his family, but MaWrer refused to give
this amount unless the father relieved him
of the two youngest children, aged and 8,
who, MaWrer claimed, were not very good
property, as they could network, and there
fore, would not bring in any revenue. A
compromise was effected by which in con-
sideration of the purchaser taking the whole
family he was allowed reduction of $ll0,
and the amount of purchase money fixed at
800, $50 for the wife, and $50 apiece for two
boys aged ten and twelve. .-...
Mrs. Wayrich says she is perfectly salts
fled with the bargain. MaWrer, she claims,
is a sober and industrious man and will
treat her kindly. The new husband is now
in charge Of the boarding house and wears
an air of independence. Wayrich has gone
West to live.
THE GYPSY QUEEN.-The position of
queen of the gypsies in the United States
made vacant by the death of Mrs. Emma
Stanley, which occurred near Jackson, Mis-
>sissppi, on December 30 last, has been fill
ed by the appointment of Miss Stanley,
sister of the dead queen, who lives about
two miles west of Evansville, Ind, where
she owns valuable property. Miss Stanley
has gone to Dayton, Ohio, to attend the
funeral of the deceased queen, after which
will take place.
Miss Stanley will remain at that place
until the return Of the different bands that
are now in in the South, when a grand
jubilee will take place. After these cere-
monies, which will continue for four days,
have been brought to an end and her orders
issued, which will govern the action of
these predatory people for a year, Miss
Stanley will return to Evansville. The new
queen is but 10 years of age, prepossessing
in appearance. fairly educated, and is a
tavorite not only with her own people, but
with all who know her. She will issue her
mandates from Evansville, but will lead
the annual migration Of her people to the
South which commences early in November
next.
~ THE DIRECT WAR TAN.-The Ohio State
Legislature has adopted joint resolution
requesting the Senators and Congressman
to urge the passage of the bill introduced
by Congressman Price, of Wisconsin, which
would refund to the Northern States the
amounts paid by them on the direct war tax
assessed August 5, 1861, and would relieve
the Southern States of the proportions as
sessed against them and still unpaid. The
amount of the appropriation to carry this
into effect will not exceed Sl5, 100000.